Mrs. Fink's First Grade Classroom Art Project

“Pinwheel”

Geometry is fun and a little crazy.  Art and math meet as each child created a pinwheel on paper.  

“Hip to Be Squared”

Geometry is easy when you have four equal sides.  But what happens when you have 26 kids and 108 squares?  You get a very hip pattern and a great piece of art.  Grey, white and black acid free paper where used to create this checkered quilt pattern.  


  

4th Grade Auction Art Project

“A Flock of Birds” Glass Panels

Just like our fourth graders, no two birds are alike, but placed together in a tree, these birds create a work of art. This is one of three projects created by the 4th graders.

 

Library Art Project

“Nobody Better Lay a Finger on My Butterfinger!”

You need to see this to believe it.  The Third Graders, Fourth Graders, and Fifth Graders at Forest Park Elementary have followed in the footsteps of 20th century Pop Artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein creating this amazing collage that will make your mouth water.


  

Mrs. Nelson's Kindergarten Classroom Art Project

“A Chest to Treasure”

Kindergarten is a time to treasure and what better project for us…creating a “treasure” chest!  We captured precious self-portraits and other pictures drawn by the children, which were then lasered onto wood.  Then each child painted their individual self-portrait on the chest itself.  

 

Mrs. Weekley's 3rd Grade Classroom Art Project

"Bright Faces"

Third grade students at Forest Park learned this fall to draw their faces more accurately by using mirrors to depict what they saw onto paper.  Ms. Weekly's classes took those images and transfered them on to shrinky dink paper and colored them anyway they wanted.  Once baked in the oven these images formed tiles that have been assembled into a lit framed box.


  

Mrs. Schiada's 1st Grade Classroom Art Project

"The Sun Shines on Forest Park"

We live in a forest, alongside trees and birds and other living creatures. We walk through the forest when the rain mists around us. We walk through the forest when the sun shines above us.

The first-graders in Ms. Schiada’s class have captured the essence of our forest in a contemporary wall-hanging featuring an age-old art form.  Each child picked up needle and thread – most for the very first time – and hand-embroidered a design on wool felt. While we provided the designs, each piece is as individual as each child. 


   

Mrs. Ford's Kindergarten Classroom Art Project

“My Many Colored Days” -- Dr. Seuss

  

Our class art project is inspired by the book “My Many Colored Days” by Dr. Seuss

 

            “Some days are yellow.  Some are blue.  On different days I’m different too. 

             You’d be surprised how many ways I change on different colored days.”

 

Each child in the classroom was asked to display an emotion.  Their photos were taken expressing this emotion; then each child drew their self-portrait for our classroom tiled mirror.  We hope you love their “reflections” shown on this colorful mirror.  What color will you be today?


  

Mrs. Daley's 3rd Grade Classroom Art Project

 “Made in Oregon”

Designated by the City of Portland as a Historic Landmark in 1978, this neon sign is one of the most identifiable treasures in the city.  In the children’s interpretation of this iconic sign, they have used an artistic style know as cubism.  This piece is comprised of 28 cubes that were designed by the students then reassembled and adhered to canvass.  The end result is a beautiful wall hanging with a distinctly pop-art feel.

 

Mrs. Smith's 2nd Grade Classroom Art Projects

"Birds on a Wire"

Twenty-four bright birds gather on a wire above Forest Park Elementary to chirp about the events of the day. To make this work of art, each of the children selected two favorite coordinating paper designs to create their own unique bird body and wing. 

 

Mrs. Hildebrant's 1st Grade Classroom Art Projects

“Shades of Spring” In partnership with local artist Jennifer Mercede, Mrs. Hildebrant's 1st grade class became a team of collaborating artists. They set out to create a masterpiece, blanketed with layers of beautiful color and design.

“Sun Mosaic on Canvas” The first graders showed their dexterity and their meticulous attention to detail as they glued thousands of hand torn, recycled, colored paper squares to a 36" x 48" canvas.  A piece that will bring a smile and a sense of wonder to anyone who sees it from a distance and feels themselves drawn closer to make sure that this really was created with paper, patience and perseverance.